Elections to Southwark Borough Council were held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election with a 28.7% turnout. There are 25 wards rather than the previous 23 and 64 councillors rather than 70. Election result |} Ward results Abbey Alleyn Barset Bellenden Bricklayers Browning Brunswick Burgess Cathedral Chaucer College Consort Dockyard Faraday Friary Liddle Lyndhurst Newington Riverside Rotherhithe Ruskin Rye St Giles The Lane Waverley By-Elections The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Siah Cox The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Peter Flower The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Enid Boxall The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Frank Brean References Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark 1978 London Borough council elections 20th century in the London Borough of Southwark